You need to have someone on your team who is good at answering the phone.
You need to have someone on your team who is good at making phone calls.
Both of these rolls fall under the expectations you probably have of your manager. But not all managers are good at both.
Answering the phone has a lot do to with day to day operations and fielding opportunities.
Making phone calls has a lot to do with finding and creating opportunities and proactively developing and executing the vision of the artist.
Some managers do both. Sometimes don’t.
So you can have a day to day manager and a manager who flies at thirty thousand feet.
One way or another, you need both.
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